1838 $10 MS (PCGS#8575)
The June 2010 Baltimore Auction
- 拍卖行
- Bowers & Merena
- 批号
- 3732
- 等级
- AU55
- 价格
- 117,802
- 详细说明
- 1838 Liberty Eagle. AU-55 (NGC). An extremely important issue for advanced gold type purposes, the 1838 is not only the premier delivery in the long-lived Liberty Eagle series. It is also representative of a brief two-year type with a markedly different portrait employed on the obverse. The 1838 and the 1839 Head of 1838 are the only Liberty Tens on which the truncation of Liberty's neck is deeply curved and a few long strands of hair are pulled back from Liberty's temple to the bun at the back of the head.<br /> Struck at a time when there was little numismatic interest in United States coinage, most 1838 Eagles slipped into circulation and were subsequently lost. Even well-worn survivors are very scarce, while coins that approach the Mint State threshold are quite rare. Obviously an important find for the astute bidder, the present example is minimally worn over generally sharp-looking devices. The strike is a bit soft in isolated areas around the peripheries, but this feature is hardly significant for the issue. Bright olive-gold color to the surfaces, with no individually mentionable abrasions to inhibit the coin's appeal. One of only four examples of the issue discovered with the treasure of the <em>S.S. Republic </em>shipwreck.
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